Unpopular Opinions #31

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Merpedy said:
It sounds that without scooters/bikes we would have a lot more kids throwing tantrums and being annoying little shits 🤷‍♀️

We really would eventually reach the answer to just keep them indoors and only let them out to school or to the park
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Would the answer not be to raise them to be well adjusted children who can behave properly (most of the time) in public places? You know, actual parenting?
 
Delihla said:
Yes exactly this. See also, busy restaurants are not the place for your child to watch peppa pig at full volume on an iPad. Not illegal, but it shouldn’t have to be for an adult to know it’s inappropriate and discourteous to others.
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Who said anything about that though 😂😂 letting your child go on a scooter doesn’t mean you let them watch an iPad in a restaurant lmao. My kids don’t watch anything in restaurants - they colour in. Is that allowed?
 
Emmelina Ball said:
Who said anything about that though 😂😂 letting your child go on a scooter doesn’t mean you let them watch an iPad in a restaurant lmao. My kids don’t watch anything in restaurants - they colour in. Is that allowed?
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It’s a similar scenario where parents think their child takes priority over everyone else in the vicinity. Unless they want to colour in at my table, then yes that’s allowed and appropriate 👌🏽
 
Sorry but it’s not ‘lazy parenting’ to allow your child to ride on his/her bike or scooter whilst running errands, nor is it not parenting them properly. What is it you all expect of children, them to be completely silent and still and have no enjoyment on their way to the boring shops incase they piss off an adult, an adult who demands respect from a child but can’t give it back?
 
Delihla said:
Would the answer not be to raise them to be well adjusted children who can behave properly (most of the time) in public places? You know, actual parenting?
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Yeah so why are people advocating for a blanket ban on scooters then? You can just teach your kid to ride it safely and avoid people.

Peaches_xox said:
Sorry but it’s not ‘lazy parenting’ to allow your child to ride on his/her bike or scooter whilst running errands, nor is it not parenting them properly. What is it you all expect of children, them to be completely silent and still and have no enjoyment on their way to the boring shops incase they piss off an adult, an adult who demands respect from a child but can’t give it back?
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This 100% when you respect kids they tend to be respectful back in my experience.
 
Merpedy said:
The implication there is that kids with scooters/bikes/whatever don't behave automatically
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Absolutely it is. If they’re whining extensively about a visit to the shops and need to be fully entertained and enjoying themselves 💯 of the time to make that visit bearable for the parent, then yeah.

These small kids on wheels become big kids on wheels and still think it’s appropriate to whizz round a town centre because there parents never told them otherwise.
 
HoGi said:
Lots of people the BBC have been interviewing this morning who have medals are exactly this. There was a police officer who had medals on and they were long service and jubilee medals. So medals just for doing the job he was paid to do and then full pension after 25 years service 🙄
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Quoting myself as a friend has just shared her medals to her social media. She got them for working for the ambulance service. She takes the 999 calls...

Ok so it is an important job but she is literally sat in an office all day/night. She isn't battling on the front line. She isn't even interacting with the public face to face!
 
HoGi said:
Quoting myself as a friend has just shared her medals to her social media. She got them for working for the ambulance service. She takes the 999 calls...

Ok so it is an important job but she is literally sat in an office all day/night. She isn't battling on the front line. She isn't even interacting with the public face to face!
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Without her the the ambulance wouldn’t know where to go and who to see. Her job is just as important as anyone else’s there. All members of the team have an important role.
 
DiscoBiscuit said:
Exactly this. I like kids. I have a kid. Most of the time it's not even the kids I have a problem with, it's the adults supervising them.
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Mine are grown up now but I have young great nieces and nephews I take out. If one of them is on a scooter and we get to a particularly busy area then it's not difficult to say 'get off the scooter for a bit and we'll walk because it busy with people' ...

I love when you suggest kids scooters should not be used in busy areas it goes to scooters should be banned and kids kept indoors. 🤣
Nothing like a bit of tattle hyperbole.
 
I’ve seen kids in supermarkets on scooters, and in the town centre and on the bus, I have balance issues so struggle to avoid them. There’s a time and a place for scooters and it isn’t the supermarket, the bus or the town centre, it’s the park/outdoors. Not the kid’s fault, no, but the parents. It is inconsiderate of others.
 
HoGi said:
Quoting myself as a friend has just shared her medals to her social media. She got them for working for the ambulance service. She takes the 999 calls...

Ok so it is an important job but she is literally sat in an office all day/night. She isn't battling on the front line. She isn't even interacting with the public face to face!
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It can be extremely traumatic taking 999 calls. You're talking bollocks.
 
DiscoBiscuit said:
Exactly this. I like kids. I have a kid. Most of the time it's not even the kids I have a problem with, it's the adults supervising them.
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Me too. I’m not some childless harridan who likes nothing better than curtailing children having fun. I’m a parent, but I’m also aware of the wider community, and I personally wouldn’t allow my children the potential to cause distress or injury to members of the public, by letting them ride their bikes/scooters/skates in crowded areas.
 
HoGi said:
I understand it is important but medal worthy??
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I believe it is medal worthy. When I found my mother dead and phoned an ambulance I can’t describe how grateful I was to speak with someone who was so calming and able to keep me calm at such a difficult and scary time. I was a very young adult and hadn’t a clue what to do and they were exceptional while I waited on the ambulance crew to arrive. They are very skilled at what they do and imo don’t get enough recognition - like most administrative and clerical positions in the health service.
 
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